Show or hide a queue manager
By default, the Navigator view shows all of the queue managers on the computer on which IBM MQ Explorer is installed. However, if you have any queue managers that we are not currently administering, we can, if you wish, choose to hide them. You can also show and hide remote queue managers.
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Before we can administer a queue manager in IBM MQ Explorer, we must show the queue manager in the Queue Managers folder in the IBM MQ Explorer Navigator view. By default, all of the queue managers on the computer on which IBM MQ Explorer is installed are detected automatically and are shown in the Queue Managers folder. We can hide queue managers if you don't want to administer them in IBM MQ Explorer.
If we are configuring JMS administered objects, we can add a queue manager to IBM MQ Explorer from a connection factory that defines the queue manager's connection details. You are actually creating a connection to IBM MQ Explorer from the connection factory that defines the queue manager's details.
We can also administer remote queue managers using cluster connections if you are already connected to a queue manager that belongs to a cluster to which the remote queue manager also belongs.
- Showing a local queue manager
To administer a local queue manager, it must appear in the Navigator view.- Showing a remote queue manager
To administer a remote queue manager, we must connect IBM MQ Explorer to the remote queue manager so that the queue manager is displayed in the Navigator view. We can create a connection manually, or using a client channel definition table. We can also create a new security-enabled connection, or connect using an existing connection.- Create a client channel definition table
We can create a client channel definition table for a queue manager to make it easier to connect instances of IBM MQ Explorer to the queue manager.- Specify the default location and default password of TLS certificates
We can configure IBM MQ Explorer to use TLS certificates in the TrustStore and KeyStore to connect to remote queue managers with an TLS-enabled connection.- Hiding queue managers
We can hide from view any queue manager that is displayed in the Navigator view. If you hide a queue manager that is a member of one or more queue manager Sets, the queue manager is not displayed in any of those Sets.- Showing hidden queue managers
We can show queue managers that have previously been hidden from the Navigator view. We can restore all hidden queue managers together, or restore a specific queue manager. We can also show hidden queue managers that are grouped in a queue manager Set.- Removing a queue manager
We can remove a queue manager from IBM MQ Explorer if you no longer want to administer it in IBM MQ Explorer.Parent topic: Configure IBM MQ using IBM MQ Explorer
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